The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-25

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The Firnt Settlers Story.
lrvsn ssspsr's Messhv nagazinsl
Jtaiutthe funniest thing man can DO
Existing IL country whom Ne new;
Nature. who moved In hrse-s good long
|. while
Has ,hinss already somewhat her o~n
And she don't want her woodland splra-
dora battered.
Tier rustic furniture broke up and scat
tered,
Her paintings, which long years ago
were done
Try that old splendid artist-king. the SON.
Torn down aud dragged In Civilizasiou's
lor :o'd % purchs's 'es'lers' bread and
She don't want thIngs exposed from
porch 10 cIoset.
And % she kind o nsgs The man vho
does 10.
lShe carries in her pockets bags of seeds.
| a general agent Of the thrimiest weeds ;
lShe sends her blackbirds, 10 the early
| morn,
10 superinteud his fields Of planting
corn;
lShe gives him rain past any ducks de-
sire
Then maybe several weeks Of quiet fre ;
lSbc sails niosq quitoes- -leeches perched on
Ito poison him with blood -devourisg
stings;
|She loves her ague-muscle 70 display.
And shake him up say every other day
With thoughtful. conscientious care she
makes
|Thoae travellin' poison.bottles. rattle
enakes;
She iinds time. 'mongst her other family
cares.
Ito keep in stock good wildcats, wolves,
and bears;
She spurns his offered hand with silent
gibes
And compromises with the Indian tribes
I(For they who've wrestled with his
bloody srt
l6sy Nature always takes n Indians
psrt),
lin short, her toll is every day increased
ITO scare him out, and hustle him back
Esat;
Tin finTly II appears II her some day
! uot ue u1s useoS esse8SoS - -
stay;
Then che turns round. = sweet = any
And takes her new made friends into ths
| ring,
And changes from ! snarl into purr-
From molhsr-in-Isw 70 mother, - =
| were.
Well. when I 6rst infeated this retreat
|Things 10 INV view looked frightfuiIy in
complete;
lBst Nature seemed quite cheerful sIl
sbout sne.
A-csrrying on her different trades With
out me.
These words The forest seemed q ne q
/ !. throw:
"sis dosn and re-: awhile before you
From bees to trees tho whole woods
seemed 10 ssy,
|~You're welcome here ill you can ge'
| Bot not for time Of sny large amount,
50 don't Be hanging round on our &C.
But | had come with hesrs-thrist in my
song.
|Apd brought ny wife and plunder right
along;
II hsdu't ! round-trlp ticket to 90 hack
And i'll had, there wasn's no railroad
EADd drivin' East ~ what I couldu''
| endure:
Ii hadn't started on circular tour.
ny girl-wifs was . brave . sbe ~
good,
And helped me every bIessed way che
could: ".
she seemed to take 70 every rough old
tree.
A simg'iar q when 6rss che took to me
lShe kep' our Iistle log house neat - wax
And once caught her fooling with my
She learned hundred masculine thins'
20 do:
She aimed : sbot-gsn pretty middIin
true,
Although, IN spite OF ny express desire
II Hhe always shut he. eyes before she d 6re
She hadn't The n,uscle Chough she had
/ the heart)
In outdoor work 10 take On active part
Though IL our 6rm Of Duty and EndeavoI
She wasn't no silent partner whaisoever
When | was logging, burnin' chopin
wood.
Shed linger round and help me al shs
could.
And keep mo fresh-smbitious oil th'
while,
And Iilei tons just with he voice end
emile:
with no desire my glory for r. rob,
IShe used 70 stan around and boss the JOB
land when nrst-class success ny hand
befelI,
would proudly ~. I'VE did that prstt,
Wellir
|ehe wss delicious, both 20 hear and go =
That rretty wl6e-girl that KEEP house %
ancasvs. - didn,k nronose. for lack q